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A Bahraini forensic police officer inspects the site of a bomb blast in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, on July 28, 2015. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)
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A man covers his nose as he walks past a pile of garbage along a street in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 22, 2015. (Reuters/Jamal Saidi)
Opinion: Lebanon’s Ills Summed Up by Garbage
I remember from my youth the popular Lebanese saying, “Everything in Lebanon is ‘zift’ [asphalt] except the roads!” Metaphorically, asphalt, or rather, “zift,” came to mean any bleak and slimy bad situation. However, the Lebanese now recall those “zift” days with...Caption:
(L–R) British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, US Secretary of State John Kerry, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, react during a press event after the end of a new round of Iran nuclear talks in the Learning Center at the Swiss federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, 2015. (EPA/Valentin Flauraud)
Iran Nuclear Deal: Winners and Losers
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—We are still a long way before the “deal” on Iran’s nuclear program becomes reality, if ever. However, even if it doesn’t, the process has already produced potential winners and losers. The initial deal, known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of...Caption:
A missile-loaded Turkish Air Force warplane takes off from the Incirlik Airbase, in the outskirts of the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)